Tomorrow dec.7,1941

ken ct

ken ct

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Thank you and God bless you that survived Pearl Harbor for your service,and special thanks for those that didn't , ken ct.
 
I know there are no truly american built cars now,mexican wire harness,brazil,germany hungary,all multinational products in fords now.Still bothers me to see a veterans plate on a n asian or german car.made in america means it was put together here at best.thank you all for serving and giving me the right to *****
 
Yes, God bless all of the souls lost on that day. They say it was the greatest generation. I have to agree with that.
Thank you to all veteran's for fighting to keep our freedom. Hat's off!!!
 
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Stationed in Pearl Harbor for two years. Saw the memorial frequently. Sombering experience - especially as the Arizona sends up oil occasionally. Still registered as
an active ship of the US Navy. December 7th, never forget.
 
I met an old man in a wheelchair last summer at tha grocery store, noticed he was wearing a USS Arizona hat. talked to him for a while till his family shooed him on. He said he joined the Navy in 1937 and went straight to the Arizona. He got liberty on Friday night and spent fridaynight, saturday and sat. night in a beach house with a girl friend. When he heard the attack he headed to Pearl but by the time he got there the Arizona had blown up. He spent the rest of the war at sea and some shore duty but never saw much action. very interesting man
 
Truly, "a date that will live in infamy". I recently saw a video where, after the Arizona memorial is closed for the day, there frequently is a special ceremony that takes place when an Arizona survivor dies.. A special detail brings the ashes of the survivor to the memorial and they are physically placed in a special place in/on the Arizona where they will be with their shipmates once again. That really gets to me, just thinking about it.
 
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I too had a neighbor down my block that was a Pearl Harbor vet. He was on the dock not far from the Arizona when it was hit. He got two large pieces of shrapnel which took a large piece of his thigh out. He walked with a limp. Every Pearl Harbor Day I took him down to the local doughnut shop. Interestingly he was more interested and sympathetic to me and my Viet Nam service and shrapnel wound. I wanted so for him to elaborate but he would not. He is gone now.
Those of you with American flags on display remember that Pearl Harbor Day is one of the FEW days that the U.S. Flag Code says that the flag is to be flown at half staff.
 
Thanks for the reminder Ken, my flag will be out tomorrow half staff. God Bless all of us and especially those who stood up for our great country.
 
Thanks to all that served and those that survived this horriffic attack. I read that for days they could hear pounding against the bottoms of overturned ships with no way to save them... I shudder every time I think of it....
 
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Amen to all of the above. I would like to see this day used in all of our schools including college classrooms with films of world war 2 and the atrocities of our enemies, it might help in stopping future wars. I was 7 years old setting with my great Grandpa listening to the radio waiting for Mom to get Sunday dinner ready when the announcement came over the radio. A day I will never forget.
Gary.
 
God bless America and the utmost thanks to the WWII generation that gave so much and helped built this nation in the post war times. I often think of the early times of the 40s when I drive my 41 Coupe.
 
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (40-2074) at Hickam Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, December 7, 1941. This airplane came apart because flares in the radio room were ignited by 20mm fire from IJN fighter aircraft. One man was killed while running from the stricken bomber.
 

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'Greatest Generation' yeah to some extent, but the men and women in uniform today are VERY dedicated they are the new greatest generation,,, a lot of exceptional people in America's military today and thanks to them all too they do an outstanding job.
 
December 7 is always a very memorable day for me... I was just shy of being seven years old in Dec. 41.. I was riding with my father and a couple of his friends in his '40 Chevy sedan returning from rabbit hunting in the Mohave Desert of California.. The radio was on and the announcer interrupted the program with the announcement that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor..
Needless to say, everyone in the car fell silent for a few minutes... After the initial shock passed, the conversation amongst the men quickly turned to the belief that they knew it was coming, just not when or where..
I remember one of the men saying. "Now we know what the Japanese did with all that scrape iron they were shipping out of San Pedro"..
Life in the United States changed almost overnight... We were at war..
 
My Father was a navigator with the New Zealand on Catalina flying boats in the South Pacific.
Some of their work entailed picking up downed US airmen in life rafts.
I hate to think what life would be like now if the Allies had lost WW2.
Chris.NZ.
New Zealand.
 
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